Man, 86, 'angry, armed and able': court

A Sydney octogenarian who bragged he could hit a 20-cent coin from 100m hid a shortened rifle in the bushes before shooting his building's strata manager, a court has heard.

Ilie Istudor is 86 years old and "one would expect him to be fragile", a crown prosecutor told the man's NSW Supreme Court bail hearing on Tuesday.

But the "fire" in his heart has left authorities believing he poses a serious threat.

Istudor is accused of hatching a plan to murder 66-year-old Stephen Smith in April because the pair disagreed about the management of the body corporate at their Lakemba unit block in Sydney's southwest.

Mr Smith survived, while his alleged shooter has been charged with shoot with intent to murder.

It is alleged Istudor stashed a shortened .22 calibre rifle in the bushes ahead of the building's strata meeting in April, went outside during a break, then returned to shoot Mr Smith through the neck in front of horrified residents.

"The level of anger of Mr Istudor is such that it led him, in front of witnesses, to aim a rifle at the victim," the prosecutor said.

"The evidence in this case for the Crown appears to be almost overwhelming," he said, adding that although Istudor had spent nearly five months behind bars, "there is no evidence that his level of enmity has diminished".